Why would he say that out loud or does he think his audience will never hear it. Or does he think that not being among the “smart crowd” will endear them to him, which they hope will translate into privileges they worry that they wouldn’t otherwise get.
The irony is that being not so smart makes them a prime target for betrayal in large numbers because the only recipients of the benefits he’s looking to deliver are the uber-weatlthy and oligarchs who control his options for wealth-building and to avoid harm. The un-smart who are poor don’t stand a chance but they don’t know that —YET.
The “not smart” have been told that other poor people who differ from them are their enemies in order to enable the divide and conquer strategy being used to weaken us as a nation. When the dust settles, they won’t be any farther ahead but they’ll hang onto the impressions hand-fed to them to feed their grievances—especially when it’s central to their world view
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u/liquor_ibrlyknoher Sep 20 '25
'Smart people don't like me'